Reviews by Atricapilla:

This beer pours well: a nice chestnut color with a creamy head that largely diminishes. It has a powerful maltiness and caramel to its aroma and these tastes predominate as well, combined with some subtle roasted nuttiness. It was a bit on the sweet side, leaving a slight stickiness on the tongue although it is relatively smooth and creamy. (342 characters)

Another delicious beer from New Glarus. I have to admit, I was cracking mixed nuts and eating them while drinking the beer. I felt corny doing that but it was fun and certainly didn't hurt the flavor experience! (211 characters)

Taste & Mouthfeel: lively on the tongue up front with some maltiness creeping in. mid sip the sweetness moves forward and dances to the back of the tongue very pleasantly. some good hop bitterness on the finish with a drop of molasses that makes for a nice medium bodies beer with long lingering qualities.

Drinkability: an every day drinker of decent quality. neither here nor there but quite good without having wowed me. (642 characters)

Like having a bowl of Honey Nut Bunches of Malt for breakfast, this beer makes me as happy as a hurly-pearly squirrel going all hippidy hoppidy from tree to tree.

The Fat Squirrel is actually pretty interesting especially when compared to most brown ales. Its aromas and flavor are a perfectly balanced blend of honey, hazelnut, toast, walnut, and a tad smidgen of vanilla.

The mouthfeel is light and smooth. Not hoppy in the slightest. Quite sweet.

My friend Mara went to Madison to visit a friend and fulfilled my one request: bring me back something from New Glarus. Furthermore, she knows I go in for the dark, malty beers and knew this nutty brown would be right up my alley. I don't think they actually used hazelnuts, but they sure nailed what they were going for. This rich, velvety ale goes down like carbonated Nutella. Pairing recommendation? Just that: Nutella on toast, to match the toasty malts. If you're looking for a breakfast pairing, maybe a bowl of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch. All I know is, I want to spend some time in Wisc. so I can try more of their beers (in addition to the Bock and Spotted Cow Mara snuck past TSA. (691 characters)

It pours a crystal clear toffee brown and the head quickly disappears. There are no bubble rising from the bottom of the glass so the beer look pretty lifeless.

The nose is a heavy toasted bread and crystal malt sweetness. After that I'm getting a little bit of fruity type esters.

The taste is just a heavy bready character with just a touch of malt sweetness similar to the nose. There is also an addition of a nice nutty character which compliments the bready nicely. Similar to the nose there is are faint fruity esters on the back end.

This bottle seems to have unusually low carbonation which makes the mouth feel seem dead and a little oily. Nonetheless it has a high drinkability and makes for a nice sessionable beer.

I've had this beer many times before and practically lived on it in college ($1 mugs of this all day every day at my favorite bar) and this bottle just wasn't exactly what I remembered. The date code only says it is about 4 months which isn't terrible but maybe not ideal. This was my first craft beer I ever tasted and will always have a place in my heart. I still remember on the morning of my 21st birthday going out with my friends and buying a 12 pack of High Life and a 6 pack of Fat Squirrel. I really hope I just got a bad bottle and it just isn't my fond memories overlooking the just above average beer. I will have to pick up another bottle of this and do a re-rate. (1,460 characters)

Picked up this at Steve's Liquors in Madison. I had a bit of a make your own six fest while I was there.

A: Clear, brownish golden with some carbonation pillars rising. Half a finger head that quickly dissipates to a ring and dusting. Some spotty lacing that doesn't stick around.

S: Hearty ale smell. Slightly stale and very malty.

T: Malty, woody, nutty with stale maltiness. A simple drink but sometimes simple pleasures can be just what you are looking for. Nuttiness becomes stronger as it warms. I liked that about it. There is some hop there but it is not making a big show.

M: Nice and clean. Light bodied. Carbonation could be more pronounced. Almost feels a tad flat at times. I'm sure that the bottle I had in Madison had more life.

D: An easy drink to throw back. Shame they don't have this is Chicago bars. New Glarus makes some good beer. (857 characters)

From notes. Pours a nice clear amber brown with a 2 finger khaki head on top. A bit thin, but looks good in the pint glass otherwise. Aromas of roasted grains and nuts with a bit of burnt caramel. Some grassy, herbal hops are in there as well. Nice...but fairly muted and not very exciting.

First sip is upfront with a densly nutty malt exhibiting a recognizable hazelnut flavor. A nice dose of sweet caramel is in there as well..almost like caramel covered nuts. A nice mellow spicy hop hits on the back of the palate. A fairly tasty nut brown overall....was good while working in the yard.

Mouthfeel had a chewy, medium body that was creamier than most nut brown ales I've tried in the past. Easily a drinkable brew, but there's plenty of others I'd choose first...just a bit too uninspiring to make me come back for more. (830 characters)

Thanks to mtnlover for bringing this one by. It's my 1st New Glarus. Pours a clear, copper body with a small beige head that leaves some nice lace. Very active carbonation is noted in the glass.
Aroma is mostly chocolate and caramel malt, with a note of hazelnut, and some earthy, herbal hops.
Mouthfeel is light medium in body, with lively carbonation.
Very carbonated for the style, with light milk chocolate leading a dominant, sweet malt profile. Hazelnut is apparent, and a soft hops presence is herbal, earthy, and bittering. Finish is pine cone bitterness, atop a nutty roasted malt note. Very nice.
Unusually high carbonation for the style, but it works quite well here. Crafty balance of malts and hops make for an impressive, American version of an Anglo brown ale. (781 characters)

Big thanks to AKSmokedPorter for this one...
Clear Amber (much lighter than expected) with a full finger of creamy off-white head...half of it goes nowhere yet the lacing is sporatic as I work my way through the pint.
Not huge in the nose, but a somewhat sweet malt calls me in and a nutty earthy character sits patiently in the background.
Taste is real nice...a roasty malt backbone with a hint of sweetness in the finish. Nice hop profile adding just the right amount of bitterness to round it off...finishes with that nutty addition I was hoping for.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and the carbonation is fine.
No hint of alcohol so I imagine around 5.5% or so, but really no idea...either way, very enjoyable and the type of beer you wish would be sitting next to Sam Adams and Harpoon in your local bar...I'd go for it quite often. (838 characters)